St John’s Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
Programme to be announced
Inextinguishable: Bacewicz, Honegger and Nielsen – 18 June 2022
Grażyna Bacewicz – Overture
Arthur Honegger – Symphony No. 3 (‘Symphonie Liturgique’)
Carl Nielsen – Symphony No. 4 (‘Inextinguishable’)
Tom Evans, leader
Marc Dooley, conductor
18 June 2022, 7.30pm,
St John’s Smith Square
Tickets £12 (concessions £10) available online or on the door. Pre-booking recommended. Booking fees apply.
One of London’s finest amateur orchestras, Fulham Symphony Orchestra presents an evening of music celebrating life and hope during times of darkness. Written in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II, Grazyna Bacewicz’s Overture blazes defiantly with light and optimism. In his ‘Symphonie Liturgique’, Arthur Honegger reflected on his experience of the same war, from turmoil and destruction to peace, embodying his belief in the human spirit’s triumph over adversity. This ‘inextinguishable spirit’ also inspired Carl Nielsen’s dramatic Symphony No. 4, composed during World War I, in which he set out to capture the idea of a fundamental life force that runs through all creation.
Hindemith, Maconchy, Brahms and Janacek – 27 November 2021
Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber
Elizabeth Maconchy – Sinfonietta
Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Leoš Janáček – Sinfonietta
Prokofiev, Britten and Copland – 27 June 2020 (cancelled)
Sadly this concert has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Aaron Copland – Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Benjamin Britten – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev – Symphony No. 7 in C sharp minor
Family Concert: Whitley, Tchaikovsky, Janacek, Williams – 29 June 2019
Kate Whitley – The Animals
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite
Leoš Janáček – The Cunning Little Vixen Suite (arranged by Charles Mackerras)
John Williams – Jurassic Park Suite
John Williams – Adventures on Earth (Suite from E.T.)
60th Anniversary Concert: Mahler and Wagner – 17 November 2018
A gala concert to celebrate Fulham Symphony Orchestra’s 60th anniversary.
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1
Richard Wagner – Excerpts from Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods)
Tom Evans leader
Marc Dooley conductor
Zoe South soprano (Brünnhilde) Continue reading
Stephen Montague Birthday Concert – 9 March 2018
Stephen Montague – Piano Concerto (soloist: Rolf Hind)
Stephen Montague – “Disparate Dances” – Concerto for Flute and Harp (soloists: Nancy Ruffer and Oliver Wass)
Friday 9 March 2018, 7.30pm, St John’s Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3HF Continue reading
Suk, Martinu, Bartok and Strauss – 18 November 2017
Suk – Scherzo Fantastique
Martinů – Rhapsody Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (Rosalind Ventris, viola)
Bartók – Four Pieces for Orchestra
Strauss – Tod und Verklärung
St John’s, Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3HF Continue reading
The Nutcracker (complete ballet score) – 3 December 2016
Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker (complete ballet)
Saturday 3 December 2016, 7.30pm
St John’s Smith Square
Stravinsky, Rodrigo and Poulenc – 14 November 2015
Poulenc – Les Biches Suite
Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez (soloist: Manus Noble, guitar)
Stravinsky – The Firebird (complete version)
Saturday 14 November 2015, 7.30pm
St John’s, Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3HF
Bach, Wagner and Schoenberg – 29 November 2014
J.S. Bach – Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (orchestrated Stokowski)
Wagner – Final scene (Wotan’s Leb’ Wohl) from Die Walküre (Stephen Holloway – Wotan)
Schoenberg – Pelleas und Melisande
Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev and Stravinsky – 23 Nov 2013
Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 (violin: Bartosz Woroch)
Stravinsky Petrushka
Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, Koechlin, Scriabin – 1 Dec 2012
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Berlioz Les Nuits d’Eté (soprano: Anna Dennis)
Koechlin Vers La Plage Lointaine
Scriabin Le Poème de l’Extase
St John’s, Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3HF
Bruckner, Schütz, Campkin – 26 Nov 2011
Bruckner Symphony no. 8
Schütz Cantate Domino Canticum Novum
Bruckner Locus Iste
Bruckner Os Justi
Bruckner Christus factus est
Campkin Jesu, meine Freude
Schütz Selig sind die Toten
St John’s, Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3HF
Marc Dooley conductor (Fulham Symphony Orchestra)
Christopher Wray conductor (Fulham Camerata)
Tom Evans leader
Rachmaninov, Sibelius, Debussy, Janáček – 20 Nov 2010
Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead
Sibelius Violin Concerto (soloist: Giovanni Guzzo)
Debussy Le Martyre de Saint Sebastién, Four Symphonic Fragments
Janáček Suite From the House of the Dead
St John’s, Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3HF
Adès, Matthews, Finzi, Bridge, Britten – 28 November 2009
Adès Prelude to The Tempest
Matthews Fanfare in Sea
Finzi Cello Concerto (soloist: Philip Higham)
Bridge The Sea
Britten Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
St John’s, Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3HF
Tom Evans leader
50th Anniversary Concert – 29 November 2008
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Mozart O mio tesoro
Strauss Morgen
Massenet En fermant les yeux
Lalo Vainement ma bien-aimée
Mahler Symphony No. 5
Tenor: Adrian Ward
St John’s, Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3HF
Wagner, Saint-Saëns, Hicks – 8 December 2007
Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Saint-Saëns Cyprès et Lauriers
Hicks Your Boundaries are the Sky (world premiere)
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’
St John’s, Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3HF
Rachmaninov, Prokofiev – 9 December 2006
Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 (soloist: Clara Rodriguez)
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
St John’s, Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3HF
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